Labour Party MP for Bassetlaw.
A steady loyalist with a visible local profile, Jo White has used Parliament to champion Bassetlaw causes — raising breast cancer screening shortfalls, backing footballers caught up in alleged financial mis-selling at Prime Minister's Questions, and drawing on personal experience to push women's safety initiatives including the "Ask for Angela" scheme. She sits on the Home Affairs Committee and has spoken about crime and immigration more than almost any other topic, consistent with that role. She has cast no rebel votes since entering Parliament in 2024.
Her voting participation — 82% of divisions — sits a few points below the Commons average but is not unusually low. She votes with Labour in every recorded division, making her a 100% party-line voter. Her stance profile puts her firmly behind workers' rights and progressive taxation, while she scores low on parliamentary scrutiny and Lords oversight measures, suggesting she tends to back the government's preferred procedural positions. Recent votes follow that pattern: she backed the extension of employment tribunal time limits and the carbon budget, and opposed opposition amendments to the Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill.
The most striking feature of her record is how far she outpaces her Labour colleagues on health and justice issues. She votes 24 percentage points more often for NHS funding measures than the party average, and 31 points more often for assisted dying access — a conscience issue where her personal position is markedly more permissive than the Labour norm. A background in community campaigning around health and safety, combined with her Home Affairs Committee work, helps explain where her speeches cluster. News coverage in the past 90 days skews neutral overall, with most articles touching on transport and local services.
Jo White is the Labour MP for Bassetlaw, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Moments where the whip was free, or where White broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
Source · Hansard
“The abolition will cut duplication and redirect hundreds of millions to frontline services, simplifying structures to allow NHS leaders to focus on delivering care rather than navi…”
“The problem extends across Doncaster and Bassetlaw; waiting times of 3+ years are unacceptable, and the link between untreated hearing loss and dementia progression makes urgent ac…”
“Advocates for structural improvements including guidance for inexperienced users, reduced waiting times, reformed repair systems, and standardized reassessment criteria; supports c…”
“Supportive of government fusion strategy; welcomes ILIOS appointment in Nottinghamshire as beneficial to constituent jobs and skills.”
Select, joint and other committees White currently sits on. Committee work is where much of the line-by-line scrutiny of bills and departments happens, away from the chamber.
| Committee | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Home Affairs Committee | Member | Select |
Source · UK Parliament Committees API
Committee seats are where backbenchers shape legislation and hold departments to account. White sits on one.
| Department | Qs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 8 | 13.8% |
| Treasury | 8 | 13.8% |
| Department for Education | 8 | 13.8% |
| Home Office | 7 | 12.1% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 5 | 8.6% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 4 | 6.9% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 4 | 6.9% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 3 | 5.2% |
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on road safety outside HM Prison Ranby.
Our thoughts are with the family of Philip Tetley, who tragically died on 1 December last year, on his way to work as a tutor at HMP Ranby. The road safety issue is being addressed urgently at local level. HMP Ranby is working closely with…read full →
Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of future governance arrangements for Charter Trustee areas; and whether he plans to bring forward legislation to establish parish councils in those Charter Trustees areas affected by local government reorganisation.
During local government reorganisation, Charter Trustees are a longstanding mechanism that may be established in unparished areas to preserve historical rights. They are dissolved when the Charter Trustee area becomes wholly comprised in on…read full →
Whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that open access rail services continue to be available in Bassetlaw constituency.
We are clear that there will remain a role for are Open Access on the reformed railway. Existing Open Access operators will be able to continue their operations in line with existing access contracts, serving constituencies such as Bassetla…read full →
What discussions the UK–Brazil Joint Economic and Trade Committee has had on cooperation on nature markets and carbon finance.
The UK-Brazil Joint Agricultural Committee, led by Defra, engages in discussions relating to sustainable agriculture. Recent discussions have covered topics including green fertiliser partnerships and collaboration on agricultural technolog…read full →
Palace Yard Events Ltd 11 June 2025 to 17 July 2026 |
Tritax Big Box REIT plc 16 July 2025 |
Bawtry Farms Ltd 2 July 2025 |
The Football Association Ltd 16 May 2026 |
Hull Trains Company Limited 24 July 2025 |
Source · Members API · Last amended 19 May 2026
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 133,347 | 76.6% |
| Office Costs | 29,523 | 17.0% |
| Accommodation | 5,808 | 3.3% |
| MP Travel | 3,207 | 1.8% |
| Staff Travel | 2,281 | 1.3% |
| Total · 110 claims | 174,166 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for White on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bassetlaw | 18,476 | 41.2% | Won |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jo WhiteWON | Lab | 18,476 | 41.2 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Bassetlaw →